Wan Wang, Ximiao Wang, Jiandong Yao, Huanjun Chen, Guowei Yang
{"title":"Pulsed-Laser Deposition of Ge-Doped BiTe Nanofilms and Their Application in Room-Temperature Long-Wave Infrared Photodetection (Advanced Optical Materials 28/2024)","authors":"Wan Wang, Ximiao Wang, Jiandong Yao, Huanjun Chen, Guowei Yang","doi":"10.1002/adom.202470087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202470087","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Pulsed-Laser Deposition of Ge-Doped BiTe Nanofilms for Photodetection</b></p><p>Pulsed-laser deposition is developed for the large-area synthesis of Ge-doped BiTe nanofilms, which are successfully exploited for room-temperature high-speed long-wave infrared photodetection and optical communications. For more information on these achievements, see article number 2401937 by Jiandong Yao, Huanjun Chen, and co-workers.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":116,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Optical Materials","volume":"12 28","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adom.202470087","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142404363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wenting Zhao, Leipeng Li, Tao Li, Jianrong Qiu, Yanmin Yang
{"title":"UVB Persistent Luminescence of CaF2:Gd3+ for Radiation Labeling and Tracing","authors":"Wenting Zhao, Leipeng Li, Tao Li, Jianrong Qiu, Yanmin Yang","doi":"10.1002/adom.202401320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202401320","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Persistent luminescence (PersL) has attracted considerable attention in the last two decades for its potential applications in the fields of emergency indicators, energy-saving lighting, biomedical imaging, and dynamic anti-counterfeiting. However, the wavelengths of PersL reported so far usually fall into the visible and near-infrared range. The preparation of advanced optical materials bearing UV PersL remains elusive. Here the PersL characteristic of CaF<sub>2</sub>:Gd<sup>3+</sup> is systematically studied. After exposure to X-ray radiation, CaF<sub>2</sub>:Gd<sup>3+</sup> continues to emit UV-B (UVB) PersL peaking at 313 nm, corresponding to the <sup>6</sup>P<sub>7/2</sub> → <sup>8</sup>S<sub>7/2</sub> transition of Gd<sup>3+</sup>. By virtue of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements, the valence variation model is excluded to explain the UVB PersL of CaF<sub>2</sub>:Gd<sup>3+</sup>. Finally, it is demonstrated that such UVB PersL of CaF<sub>2</sub>:Gd<sup>3+</sup> can be used for static labeling and dynamic tracing.</p>","PeriodicalId":116,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Optical Materials","volume":"12 31","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142588009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kelum Perera, Arwa Alyami, Alex Adaka, Md Sakhawat H. Himel, Nilanthi Haputhanthrige, Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Elizabeth Mann, Antal Jákli
{"title":"Self-Assembled Biconvex Microlens Array Using Chiral Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystals","authors":"Kelum Perera, Arwa Alyami, Alex Adaka, Md Sakhawat H. Himel, Nilanthi Haputhanthrige, Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Elizabeth Mann, Antal Jákli","doi":"10.1002/adom.202401507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202401507","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Recently, it is shown (Popov et al, Sci. Rep, 2017, 7, 1603) that chiral nematic liquid crystal films adopt biconvex lens shapes underwater, which may explain the formation of insect eyes, but restrict their practical application. Here it is demonstrated that chiral ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals, where the ferroelectric polarization aligns parallel to the air interface, can spontaneously form biconvex lens arrays in air when suspended in submillimeter-size grids. Using Digital Holographic Microscopy, it is shown that the lens has a paraboloid shape and the curvature radius at the center decreases with increasing chiral dopant concentration, i.e., with decreasing helical pitch. Simultaneous measurements of the imaging properties of the lenses show the focal length depends on the pitch, thus offering tunability. The physical mechanism of formation of the self-assembled ferroelectric nematic microlenses is also discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":116,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Optical Materials","volume":"12 32","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adom.202401507","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142642475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David O. Tiede, Katherine A. Koch, Carlos Romero-Pérez, K. Burak Ucer, Mauricio E. Calvo, Juan F. Galisteo-López, Hernán Míguez, Ajay Ram Srimath Kandada
{"title":"Role of Inter-Particle Connectivity in the Photo-Carrier Cooling Dynamics in Perovskite Quantum Dot Solids","authors":"David O. Tiede, Katherine A. Koch, Carlos Romero-Pérez, K. Burak Ucer, Mauricio E. Calvo, Juan F. Galisteo-López, Hernán Míguez, Ajay Ram Srimath Kandada","doi":"10.1002/adom.202401483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202401483","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Intraband carrier relaxation in quantum dots (QDs) has been a subject of extensive spectroscopic investigation for several decades, and have been used to optimize the efficiency of opto-electronic processes. In the past few years, metal halide perovskites-based QDs have been shown to exhibit slow hot-carrier cooling characteristics that are desirable for photo-energy harvesting technologies. While several mechanisms are proposed to rationalize the retardation of the cooling dynamics, including hot-phonon bottleneck and polaronic effects, the role of inter-particle connectivity in these dynamics is largely ignored. Here, an in-depth study of photo-excitation dynamics and carrier cooling on perovskite QD solids with varying degrees of inter-dot coupling is presented. It is observed that inter-particle connectivity has deterministic effects on the many-body interactions that are relevant for carrier cooling. These include carrier–carrier interactions that result in Auger-reheating of the carriers, and lattice characteristics that subsequently affect the phonon-assisted cooling dynamics. This spectroscopic study of ultrafast carrier dynamics in perovskite QD solids establishes inter-dot separation as a critical material design parameter for the optimization of photo-generated carrier temperature, which fundamentally determines the luminescence characteristics and thus the opto-electronic quality of the material.</p>","PeriodicalId":116,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Optical Materials","volume":"12 31","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adom.202401483","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142588243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yitong Sun, Xueqi Cai, Wenjie He, Xinyu Ji, Liyan Zheng, Yonggang Shi, Qiue Cao
{"title":"Achieve Full-Color Emission in Multiple States through Reversible B←N Bond Formation and Multiple Configuration Transitions of a Single Fluorophore","authors":"Yitong Sun, Xueqi Cai, Wenjie He, Xinyu Ji, Liyan Zheng, Yonggang Shi, Qiue Cao","doi":"10.1002/adom.202401445","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202401445","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Multifunctional molecular switches have attracted much attention because of their unique stimulus response behavior and advanced applications. However, precise regulation of the structure for property enrichment is still a great challenge. Herein, the first case of a single-molecule switch BN-S with multiple structurally tunable and full-color fluorescent properties is reported. Interestingly, BN-S exhibits a butterfly-like “metamorphosis” crystal growth process accompanied by full-color fluorescence emission (including white light, CIE = 0.33, 0.33; 456 nm → 610 nm). It is shown that this is related to the reversible B←N bonding and the tunability of the spatial structure of the BN-S. Thus, BN-S exhibits superior multicolor tunability in different states (solid, liquid, and film), and its applications in white-light optical light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and multicolor fluorescent inks also show great promise. This will provide a new strategy for designing and synthesizing the development of multifunctional molecular switching materials and enriching the variety of organoboron luminescent materials.</p>","PeriodicalId":116,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Optical Materials","volume":"12 31","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142588244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding the Size-Dependent Photostability and Photoluminescence Intermittency of Blue-Emitting Core/Graded Alloy/Shell “giant”-Quantum Dots","authors":"Rahul Singh, NVS Praneeth, Subarna Biswas, Manoj Palabathuni, Anandu Muralidharan, Nimai Mishra, Saumyakanti Khatua","doi":"10.1002/adom.202401132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202401132","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Recently, giant quantum dots (g-QDs) with a core/interface graded alloy shell/shell structure have shown promise in reducing photoluminescence (PL) intermittency and improving photostability. However, this approach has been mainly demonstrated with red and green emitting g-QDs but the blue-emitting graded alloy QDs has remained less explored. To tackle this challenge, a composition gradient method is employed to create three blue-emitting CdZnS/Cd<sub>x</sub>Zn<sub>1–x</sub>S/ZnS core/interface graded alloy shell/shell (C/A/S) quantum dots (QDs) with different diameters. The sample with the largest diameter (gQD-3) exhibits superior optical characteristics, with a photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) of approximately 62% and around 80% ON/radiative events at the single-particle level. Conversely, the smallest diameter (gQD-1) sample shows lower PLQY and only 30% radiative events with longer OFF/nonradiative events. Probability distribution analysis of PL trajectories, fitted with a truncated power law, reveals a significantly higher carrier de-trapping rate in gQD-3 compared to gQD-1, attributed to its proximity to band edge trap states. Additionally, the largest diameter sample retains remarkable optical performance during 48 h of continuous UV irradiation in colloidal suspension and single-particle levels. These findings show optimized core/shell structures, gradual alloy interfaces, and outer shell coatings can stabilize blue-emitting quantum dots, advancing next-gen optoelectronics.</p>","PeriodicalId":116,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Optical Materials","volume":"12 30","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142525423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pressure-Regulated Photovoltaic Response in Antimony Triiodide With Asymmetric Metal Contact","authors":"Shengyang Xing, Shuxin Chen, Sixue Fang, Fuyu Tian, Zonglun Li, Xilian Jin, Quanjun Li, Bingbing Liu","doi":"10.1002/adom.202401433","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202401433","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The effective modification of photovoltaic activities in photoelectric devices is significant for enhancing energy conversion efficiency. Here, the pressure-tunable photovoltaic properties in the SbI<sub>3</sub> device with Au/Pt asymmetric electrodes are demonstrated. At initial pressure, the SbI<sub>3</sub> device exhibits an anticipated self-driven photoresponse characteristic at zero external bias, and a significant enhancement in photocurrent response is observed with increasing bias to −0.2 V, nearly two orders of magnitude higher than the initial value. With increasing pressure, the SbI<sub>3</sub> device exhibits tunable photocurrent response, reaching a maximum value at ≈1.2 GPa, while the photovoltage response decreases monotonously during compression, which is closely associated with the dynamic evolution of the work function and bandgap of SbI<sub>3</sub> upon successive compression. These findings signify that SbI<sub>3</sub> is a promising candidate for future photoelectric devices, which opens a new window of opportunity for further exploration, regulation, and understanding of high-performance photovoltaic devices under extreme conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":116,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Optical Materials","volume":"12 31","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142588227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Angela J. Cleri, Mingze He, Maxwell J. Tolchin, Christopher Gubbin, Eric Lang, Khalid Hattar, Simone De Liberato, Joshua D. Caldwell, Jon-Paul Maria
{"title":"Laterally Modulating Carrier Concentration by Ion Irradiation in CdO Thin Films for Mid-IR Plasmonics","authors":"Angela J. Cleri, Mingze He, Maxwell J. Tolchin, Christopher Gubbin, Eric Lang, Khalid Hattar, Simone De Liberato, Joshua D. Caldwell, Jon-Paul Maria","doi":"10.1002/adom.202401009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202401009","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This report demonstrates tunable carrier densities in CdO thin films through local ion irradiation, providing lateral control of mid-IR optical properties. Ion-solid interactions produce donor-like defects that boost electron concentrations from the practical minimum of 2.5 × 10<sup>19</sup> cm<sup>−3</sup> to a maximum of 2.5 × 10<sup>20</sup> cm<sup>−3</sup> by metered ion exposure. This range is achieved using He, N, Ar, or Au ions at 1–2.8 MeV; when normalized by displacements per atom, all ion species produce comparable results. Since CdO is well-described by the Drude model, irradiation-tuned carrier densities directly alter the infrared dielectric function, and in turn, mid-infrared optical properties. Further, it is demonstrated that by combining irradiation with traditional lithography, CdO films expose to ions in the presence of 3-µm thick, patterned photoresist exhibit lateral carrier density profiles with ≈400-nm resolution. Scanning near-field optical microscopy reveals sharp optical interfaces with almost no companion contrast in surface morphology, microstructure, or crystallinity. Finally, CdO lateral homostructures supporting surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are demonstrated whose dispersion relation can be tuned through periodic patterning in a monolithic platform by simple nanofabrication. Numerical simulations show these polaritons result from strong coupling between excitations at CdO plasma frequencies and SPPs supported by the platinum substrate.</p>","PeriodicalId":116,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Optical Materials","volume":"12 30","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adom.202401009","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142525230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Valentine Le Berruyer, Aurelie Perrier, Mayeul Collot
{"title":"Photoconvertible and Photoactivatable Perylene BisImide Based on Photocyclization","authors":"Valentine Le Berruyer, Aurelie Perrier, Mayeul Collot","doi":"10.1002/adom.202401511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202401511","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Photomodulable fluorophores constitute advanced materials as they possess the ability to modify their photophysical properties upon photoirradiation. A new mechanism of photoconversion is recently established, called Directed Photooxidation Induced Conversion based on the coupling of fluorophores with Aromatic Singlet oxygen Reactive Moieties (ASORMs). In this work, The Directed Photooxidation Induced Conversion (DPIC) mechanism is intended to be applied to Perylene BisImide (PBI) due to its appealing photophysical properties. The experimental results showed that coupling two ASORMs to the PBI core, here furan and pyrrole, led to impressive photomodulable fluorophores. While PBI-F exhibited a photoconversion of 100 nm shift, PBI-P displayed an 80-fold fluorescence intensity enhancement upon photoactivation. Analysis of the photoproducts showed that the conversion do not involve an addition of singlet oxygen on the ASORM. Instead, photoconversion occurred through efficient successive photocyclizations. Finally, intracellular vesicles are successfully photoconverted by means of endocytosed PLGA-polymer nanoparticles loaded with PBI-F. This study highlights the unique capability of furan- and pyrrole-conjugated fluorophores to enable advanced optical materials with phototransformation properties.</p>","PeriodicalId":116,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Optical Materials","volume":"12 32","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adom.202401511","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142642360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}